Start menu enoyance

[Red Squirrel]

Lately I notice my task bar keeps going "behind" everything, and it's just anoying since I have to click on it to get it to look normal.

Here's what I mean:

http://www.iceteks.com/misc/startmenu.jpg

Notice the one on top how it's all messed up? That's what it randomly keeps doing. Does not matter what programs I have opened.

 

[xtknight]

You do have the task bar "always on top" setting checked, right?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yep that's checked.

And this is win2kpro sp 4, I forgot to mention.

 

[Red Squirrel]

boink

 

[Red Squirrel]

reformat I guess? kind of a silly reason to, but after lot of investigating I cant seem to figure out what causes this, and it's a real anoyance.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Anyone? this is driving me up the wall, and it's only getting worse, almost every 2nd program I open causes the taskbar to go under everything, and yes, it's checked to always be on top. I'm thinking of writing a program that keeps clicking in the lower right corner every 500ms but there's got to be a better way then a crappy work around and that would make my mouse all choppy.

 

[scottws]

This is going to sound stupid, but it works sometimes.

Unlock the taskbar, and try moving it to the top or side for a few minutes. If it doesn't happen again while opening a program, try moving it back down to the bottom again.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Tried it, it seemed to stop doing it when it was on top, but I put it back on bottom and it's doing it again. I've been debating on doing a format, but I rather wait till christmas break for that, have no time these days.